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About $10 million Utah could have spent to help people pay rent or business owners keep their companies afloat was used to pay for TestUtah coronavirus tests that insurance and other sources likely
would have covered, an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune shows.
Touting its approach as a disruptor that streamlines access to health care, Nomi Health does not ask test seekers whether they have insurance. It instead bills only the state of Utah, under contracts for its work at TestUtah sites.
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Many Utahns have lost their health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, but subsidized coverage is now available through the Affordable Care Act.
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You may know it as Obamacare.
But nowadays, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has a new moniker, Bidencare, because President Joe Biden ordered the Health Insurance Marketplace reopened through May 15 to help Utahns and others who lost health insurance during the COVID-19 crisis get a subsidized plan.
The Biden administration is putting $50 million into marketing and advertising the special enrollment period to guide qualified Utahns through the process of getting covered.
Stacy Stanford, health policy analyst for the Utah Health Policy Project and the Take Care Utah Network, said health advocates have been pushing for the marketplace to reopen since the beginning of the pandemic.
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5PM: Utahns have another chance to enroll in Affordable Care Act marketplace
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SALT LAKE CITY Utahns who missed open enrollment for the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace have a second chance. Normally, sign-up is just once a year.
The federal exchange website reopened sign-ups for another three months, giving uninsured Americans plenty of time to explore health insurance options. This is an open door for anyone who is uninsured or underinsured, Stanford explained to KSL-TV. If you re currently in an aca plan and you want to make changes, this is a really wide open enrollment period.
Behind The Headlines 1/22/21
The 2021 Utah legislative session kicks off under unusual circumstances. Among the many items up for consideration are several police reform measures and an effort to put pressure on schools to resume in-person classes. Plus, a new president means a significant change in public lands policy, and a likely reversal of strategy for two Utah national monuments. And Camp Last Hope, a new kind of homeless encampment, takes shape in Salt Lake City. UPR Partners